Improvement in combined thimbles and lockets



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sind @da WILLIAM A. WANsIrneEN,VV or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent No. 113,601s dated April 11, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT` IN COMBINED THIMBLES AND LOQKETS.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, WILLIAM A. WANSLEBEN, of Washington, in

the District of Columbia, have inrentedga Combined Thimble and Locket,'of which the following is a specification.

Nature-cnil Objects of vthe nvention.

The first part of my invention relates to the combination of a convertible thimble andlocket,V by which one may be converted into the other. Y v

The second part relates to the combination of a useful with an ornamental article ofA manufacture, more fully shown in the drawing and described in the specification.

Description `of the Accompanying Drawing.'

General Description.

A represents the main or outside ring, to which an eye, a, is secured for suspendingit when used as a locket; or, if preferred, .instead of the eye, a ring, b, similar to a clasp-bracelet, may serve to hold it, vthe ring or clasp b tot between the shoulders s s to prevent theslocket from slipping out when the clasp is closed.

be used as a thimble the clasp is easily opened, and, by pushing against the underside of the locket, it can be placed on the finger as athimble,

' The ring A has a small auge or projection, c, by which the next ring B, which is placed iu position from below, is held in position when used .as a thiinble. The ring B is plainly shown in iig. 7, and hasailange or projection at its upper and lower end for the same purpose, and, vin the same manner, the rings C and D.

The upper or last and smallest ring E, which forms the centerV part of the locket, having a division, e, upon either'side of which hair,likenesses, or any memento may be placed, and, of course, both sides can be opened. l

Small pins, f, may be secured. to the respective rings to prevent tlem from slipping out when closed, and these pins t into a little notch,.g, fig. 10, so thatthe upper and-lower ends of rings `form a smooth surface when closed.

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What I `claim, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,"isv A As 'a new article of manufacture, the combined thimble and locket herein described.

' WILLIAM A. WANSLEBEN.'

`Witnessesz L. M. ZUNeKnn, Josera MGMAKIN.

The ring b is stationary to the: watch-chain 'or ribbon on whichv it is suspended. Shall the locket 

